A bold little geometric siren, the red triangle pointed down is basically the internet’s “look below” beacon. On Apple/iOS it appears as a solid, scarlet equilateral triangle with its tip aimed south, clean edges, and a subtle gradient that makes it pop like a polished UI caret turned XXL. No face, no fuss—just a vivid, glossy pointer that instantly reads as direction and emphasis.
People drop this icon when they want eyes to travel downward: think “thread continues,” “details in the comments,” or “scroll for the tea.” It moonlights as a vibe check for bad news—prices dipping, stocks sliding, energy levels plummeting—aka the dramatic “we’re going down” moment. In meme-land it works as a minimalist arrow to nudge you to the next post, a flirty “eyes down here” at the caption, or a sarcastic cue before a spicy reveal. It’s also a nerdy nod to UI patterns (dropdowns and toggles), and it pairs perfectly with its upward twin to make chic chevrons, separators, or ▲▼ pattern art.
Not an arrow per se, but it absolutely carries “down” energy: turn it down, scroll down, calm down—your call. Use it to usher attention with style, mark a fall with flair, or create tidy visual beats in a chaotic feed.
Definition
A red triangle that is pointing down. A user interface emoji used to aid navigation. Used to add color or emphasis to communication. Despite its name, not always displayed in the color red.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1489 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:small_red_triangle_down:
Keywords
Previous Names:
Down-Pointing Red Triangle
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Abstract Concepts
Unicode Subcategory
User Interface Symbols
Names & Annotations
DOWN-POINTING RED TRIANGLE Old name: DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE-1 Temporary Notes: Triangle (pointing down). disunified from U+25BC due to source separation rule (Shift_JIS).
Symbol Information
U+1F53B proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-B79
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
▼
KDDI
#89 下三角３ U+E55B SJIS-F777 JIS-7758
Softbank
▼
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🔻
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🔻
Decimal HTML Entity
🔻
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🔻
Hex Code Point(s)
1f53b
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F53B
Decimal Code Point(s)
128315
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x94 0xBB
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 94 BB
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 224 273
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDD3B
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddd3b
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56635
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F53B
UTF-32 Hex
01F53B
UTF-32 Dec
128315
Python Src
u"\U0001F53B"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x94\xbb"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDD3B"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
